Americana – Pendleton, Oregon

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When running these Mainly Marathon series of races, you find yourself in the smallest of towns. Some local Chambers of Commerce and townsfolk embrace the runners and throw swag and free museum admissions and even pasta parties (I feel like Dalhart, TX, did a big one the year I was at Dust Bowl, and a […]

47 Minutes…

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I got about 47 minutes of sleep. It may have been better to just stay up as I’m feeling a little worse post-alarm. In the plus side, it’s only a five minute drive to the start… so only s five minute back after the finish. Whatever that finish works out to be. It’s a loop […]

Zero Hour

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It’s 1:11 am on September 2, 2027.  My alarm is set for 3:30 so I can go run the first marathon of the inaugural Northwest Series. I’ve never had jet lag insomnia like this before. I’ve done crazed switchback trips, especially when I was working in the UK. But this is something new. This is […]

Shuffling Back From Bali…

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I’ve spent the morning (and into the afternoon) uploading photos to finalize the Bali Marathon posts.  I’ve then tried to reorder them into some semblance of chronological order. As is typical of the multi-day travel events I do, I compiled an index that you can find under the TOURS menu. Or for expediency sake, you […]